道光年建的廊橋,見證了三代女人的來返與出逃;
婚姻的痛,換來了人生的自由,曙光的盡頭,迎來生死謎霧,
張翎中篇小說集,寫生命的痛楚,卻流露慈悲的暖光。
〈廊橋夜話〉對故鄉概念進行呈現的意願,太近了,
讀〈拯救髮妻〉這個小說,你隨時會有一種心被揉碎了的感覺。──
「人是逃不過命的。」十年出逃過三次的婆婆這麼說,出逃兩次、
一則不可思議的賣車廣告,牽起貴氣老婦人海倫,與甫移居加拿大、
兩則中篇〈廊橋夜話〉、〈拯救髮妻〉的關鍵轉折都在黑夜,
〈廊橋夜話〉五進士村三代女性的心結,
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